Microsoft is including helicopters and gliders to Microsoft Flight Simulator on November eleventh. The fortieth Anniversary Edition of the sport will probably be out there free to current homeowners or Xbox Game Pass members and contains helicopters and gliders for the primary time since 2006.

“In addition to the helicopters and gliders, we will introduce another highly-requested community feature: a true-to-life airliner, the sophisticated Airbus A-310 where nearly every single button works just as expected,” explains Jorg Neumann, head of Microsoft Flight Simulator.

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The fortieth Anniversary Edition is a somewhat large replace for Microsoft Flight Simulator, because it additionally contains seven well-known historic plane, together with the biggest wood airplane ever made: the 1947 Hughes H-4 Hercules. Microsoft can be including 4 traditional airports, 10 glider airports, 14 heliports, and 20 traditional missions from previous variations of Flight Simulator. In whole there are 12 new plane.

Ahead of the fortieth Anniversary Edition, Microsoft Flight Simulator can be getting a German cities replace right now that coincides with Gamescom (held in Cologne). The replace contains enhancements to 5 German cities: Hanover, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Bonn, and Cologne.

Microsoft has been steadily including extra high-resolution cities to Flight Simulator alongside efficiency enhancements and even a Top Gun growth for the reason that sport’s launch in 2020. Microsoft Flight Simulator additionally arrived on Xbox Cloud Gaming earlier this 12 months, permitting Xbox One homeowners to entry the title for the primary time.